Tolstoy's "My Confession": Where do you fit in?

[Cormac]

Seems like a happy-go-lucky, devil-may-care chappie!

[Svartalf]

Tormented as a true Romantic more like.

[Cormac]

Tormented as a true Romantic more like.

The Eeyore of any light-hearted carousing!

[Svartalf]

You called?

[Cormac]

You called?

I know you ain't like Eeyore Svarty.

You have a sense of humour...

[Svartalf]

I'mm a chronic depressive though, especially right now (as in, around the end of year solstice period)

[Cormac]

I'mm a chronic depressive though, especially right now (as in, around the end of year solstice period)

Hang in there Svarty. The Black Dog isn't much of a companion.

[Svartalf]

Neither are the plush toys

[Cormac]

Neither are the plush toys

Kill the plush toys. Kill them with fire!

[hadespussercats]

Well, judging by this excerpt, I'd have to say, Leo Tolstoy was kind of a fucktard.

Huh.

Brings new light to Anna K's end, though, doen't it?

I'm a 1 and a 2.
1. In that I recognize my ignorance, regarding the workings of the universe, the interactions of people and other living things, etc., etc., beyond what must be a pretty paltry collection of knowledge when compared with the bigness/smallness and intricacy of everything.

Also, I don't concede that life is generally evil. So, by his judgement, that makes me ignorant. No surprise there, given my womanhood.

2. Because I believe we should gather in as much experience as we can in this little window of time we each get for the gathering. I don't put quite as high a priority on that experience being pleasurable, per se-- I think there are a lot of different experiences that are worthwhile. Though I'm a sucker for intensity. And also comfort.

Yeah. All of it.

[hadespussercats]

Ah. And I see I'm late to the game on the subject of the evil-ness of Life.

Life itself is too encompassing and varied and changing and developing to have a single quality assigned to it-- much less a moral judgement.

[redunderthebed]

Ah. And I see I'm late to the game on the subject of the evil-ness of Life.

Life itself is too encompassing and varied and changing and developing to have a single quality assigned to it-- much less a moral judgement.

+1

[JimC]

A rather important position (with a modern twist) has been left out...

Stoicism, with the added flavour that RD at his best demonstrated ably, a deep, continuing fascination with the way the universe works...

[Cormac]

Ah. And I see I'm late to the game on the subject of the evil-ness of Life.

Life itself is too encompassing and varied and changing and developing to have a single quality assigned to it-- much less a moral judgement.

I think for something to count as evil, there has to be malicious intent - which can't exist without humans. This narrows down the range significantly.

Even then, my response would be "So what?".

His problem is that he is, at root, infected with the religious meme that suggests that there should be some meaning to the universe and consequently to us. This is nonsensical to me, in the realms of a category error. It presupposes an intention, which is to presuppose that an intelligence pre-existed. Isn' this classic "begging the question"

There is no meaning. We don't need a meaning in order to have full and meaningful lives.

[hadespussercats]

Ah. And I see I'm late to the game on the subject of the evil-ness of Life.

Life itself is too encompassing and varied and changing and developing to have a single quality assigned to it-- much less a moral judgement.

I think for something to count as evil, there has to be malicious intent - which can't exist without humans. This narrows down the range significantly.

Even then, my response would be "So what?".

His problem is that he is, at root, infected with the religious meme that suggests that there should be some meaning to the universe and consequently to us. This is nonsensical to me, in the realms of a category error. It presupposes an intention, which is to presuppose that an intelligence pre-existed. Isn' this classic "begging the question"

There is no meaning. We don't need a meaning in order to have full and meaningful lives.

Yeah, well. I don't see why atheists don't just kill themselves.

Seriously? It's hard to believe Tolstoy is as respected as he is, with a viewpoint I associate with fundie dimwits.